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Well, you've read the notes, the notes made the heart grow fonder, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they've been absinthe for far too long.
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And the word of the day is: MACEDOINE!
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Welcome fifteen GUESTS. Who are you people? And what are you doing up so late? Really, just think of the frenzies that could be going on.
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Will we never get to page two?
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I was perusing IBDb.com (http://www.ibdb.com/) and noticed that on this day (April 11) in 2000, the play "Copenhagen (http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?id=12519)," written by Michael Frayn, had its official Broadway opening!
BK, I'm sure that this has been asked before, but what was it like recording that show? Other than the lack of music, how was it recording spoken dialog? Any fun or dramatic or gossipy stories you can share??
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And now, I'm off to bed. Good night, BK.
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Morning, all. I'm here by myself, in many ways. No one else is logged in and Anthony is on Long Island.
I'm eating oatmeal with a banana and raisins listening to a commercial for 110 in the Shade on WQXR.
I'ts 6:27 and that is all for now.
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Have a good day Ben.
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Good morning, all! I have a day of catch-up errands this morning: the post office, bank, accountant, etc. Tomorrow I go back to my normal scheduling.
My rental car had a CD player so on the way to the airport yesteday, I listened to Brent Barrett's Kander & Ebb album. I'd forgotten how good it was. It sounded great on the car's system. I also listened to my one and only recording for Jerome Records, the short-lived company of a record producer who was paying for the company out of the millions he was embezzling from the company he worked for. Never let a piano-arranger mix your recording: the orchestra's in Guam and the piano's pounding in your face.
DR MusicGuy, if you lose DR MBarnum's phone number, I believe you might find it in the men's room of any retirement center on the West Coast.
DR Jose, I'm happy all appears well with eBay. How are the orchestrations?
DR SwishySarah, I too love Ben Folds.
That is all. No questions, no answers, lots of regrets.
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Good Morning!
Where am I today?
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OH! I remember now, and I guess I should head for the train shortly. Very shortly. But before I do...
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Now that All About Us is open for public viewing, I’ll post a few comments I had jotted down after viewing the final dress this past Sunday night.
The good and the bad news is that the creative team has, IMHO, faithfully distilled the essence of Wilder’s play into a 2+ hour musical. So if you like the source play, I think you’ll like this musical, but if you don’t, I don’t think that the addition of music [albeit charming music] will make you a convert to the material.
The show ran an uninterrupted 2.5 hours [aside for a few momentary technical glitches]; no intermission. It sounds like they’ve tightened it up quite a bit by the first preview. The three part structure of the source remained intact. For me, the adaptation of the first part was just right. I felt they dwelt a bit too long on the second part, at the expense of the third part, which seemed more perfunctory and seemed to have the least amount of music. Dramatically, of course, the last section is much darker, so probably doesn’t lend itself to musicalization quite as well.
The score is unmistakably John Kander – it doesn’t sound like anyone else. I wouldn’t say that it’s my most favorite of his scores, but it serves the piece well enough, and there are some really delightful moments. I would really like to hear it again. The band did pretty well for their first staged run. The orchestrations are clear and clean. There were a few music cuing glitches that they stopped to iron out with the cast.
The design is spare but efficient, and functions beautifully. The acting and singing were all at least proficient, and in some cases considerably more – particularly from the two Tony winners, Cady Huffman and Shuler Hensley. Eartha was Eartha; the part suits her and obviously plays to her strengths. Wonderful material especially for Sabina, Mr. Antrobus, the mammoths, and the Philosophers.
I did not feel the sock-in-the-gut wrench of the third act material of the original material in this adaptation, which surprised me. I’d figured they would work out a way to make that devastation hit home even more poignantly with music. Although Shuler singing The Skin of Our Teeth at the end is very nice.
All in all, a very laudable effort with some great material. There are plenty of laughs in the first 2/3 of the show. Some nice performances. And the creators, IMHO, have done a good job distilling and adapting the material to the new medium. And of course, I was viewing a dress rehearsal, so all are still settling into their roles, notes, props, and costumes.
Thanks again to DR JoseSPiano for the opportunity to see just a little slice of the creative process at work.
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As for Ask BK Day...
If you could ask each of the following, one question about one of their shows, what would that question be.... and why?
Stephen Sondheim
John Kander & Fred Ebb
Jule Styne
Jerry Herman
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DR JoseSPiano...if only the bakery had been open when I departed at 5:30 this morning... :(
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DR elmore - The orchestrations are fine. I just looking forward to not having to transpose any more English Horn parts to Oboe.
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DR singdaw - Now about those cookies... ;)
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DR singdaw (again) - You're very welcome.
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DR singdaw - Now about those cookies... ;)
Oh... Never mind.
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OK... Time to head down to Ripley-Grier.
-See you there DR Cason! ;)
Laters...
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Now about those cookies...
Actually, they weren't ginger snaps, they were peanut butter. But I just put that down to your being very tired. :)
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See you there DR Cason!
It's "Howdy, Doody!" time...
:)
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DR Michael S, thanks very much for posting the "hidden track" resource last night. Intriguing, indeed!
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DR SwishySarah, I too love Ben Folds.
Who is this BEN?
Why has he stolen my name and why does he keep folding it???
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While listening to track #40 of The Creature Wasn't Nice, I felt that perhaps this might be close to the voice I had imagined for Grandpa Gelfinbaum from the books.
I heard "Go play in traffic," and kept waiting to hear "What is it, fish?"!!
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Mr. Riedel, from the New York Post, has an informative column today about a group of hedge fund managers who want to be Broadway producers (did they see The Producers too many times?) and the tsuris it has caused the production team and the talent involved.
Cat (http://www.nypost.com/seven/04112007/entertainment/theater/the_roof_caves_in_theater_michael_riedel.htm)
All I can say is "Beyonce???"
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Hmmm.....I have very mixed feelings about a black version of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.....
That article is scary, DR BEN.
Good to hear that Lena is enjoying her role in DR JOSE's musical!
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DR Edisaurus-
Thanks for the info! And the title of your previous documentary on DVD would be...?
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New bathtub for DR LAURA!
DR EDISAURUS is a business partner of Mr Brad Pitt! The magazine is yours to keep - no need to return it.
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Good to hear that Lena is enjoying her role in DR JOSE's musical!
As someone said over at ATC, perhaps she is doing Jamaica?
:)
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Did any of the commentators for EASTER PARADE mention Miss Ann Miller's sudden change from High Heeled Shoes to Flats between her solo and her duet with Mr Astaire near the end of the movie?
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And one for Miller
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To beat a dead horse, i almost forgot to mention one of my favorite (and I guess the most obvious) Kander & Ebb "PoPo" songs:
MusicGuy just pats 'em all
Underneath the mirrored ball
And the neon sign keeps flashing: PoPo's
Popo's not around today
But still it's PoPo's anyway
He left that in his popolicious will
(you can just fill in the rest if you're inclined :) )
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I'll do anything not to get back to taxes
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Happily, Skip and my returns are out in the mail as last night.
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Tax time comes but once a year
Now it's near
How it's near.
Taxes due and Fred appears
Forms are here
Refunds dear.
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I am still waiting for the EIC check. :(
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TOD:
In honor of the completion of your new book, BK, would you tell us all what prompted your foray into fiction and perhaps compare your fiction-writing experience with your other talents?
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Good morning DRs and H/Ks. ..... it is another sunny, pretty morning here in the desert. I have great hopes of actually finishing up all of the sound-system elements for the new home theatre wall in my family room. I would have finished yesterday, but whilst cutting out a piece of drywall in a "hollow" section of wall, directly between 2 vertical studs (OK TCB, Tom Oz, derBrucer, et.al. it's all your's), I encountered a sneaky diagonal brace running across the hole at a 45 degree angle. So this morning a friend is stopping by with the needed type of power saw to remove this offending bit of wood. Oh yes, I am offended at this time!
None of this, of course, is anything as exciting as having a lesbian with a tool belt move your electrical outlet. By the way, I actually know a lesbian with a tool belt......nice girl!
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HI BEN>>>>>
HI ELMO>>>>>>>>>
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Howdy Dan............
and how's your po-po Fred ? :)
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And even though we are being quiet like little churchmice here in the Living Room, I wanted to leave a
..........WELCOME TO WEDNESDAY message............ for dear Esteemed, fully-rewritten, rehearsed, sinewy, and macho BK-- for when he awakens to this new morn. Just him and his well-rested po-po.
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Did any of the commentators for EASTER PARADE mention Miss Ann Miller's sudden change from High Heeled Shoes to Flats between her solo and her duet with Mr Astaire near the end of the movie?
Of course they did because she was taller than Astaire when wearing heels. MGM was smart to cover that point in the script when Miller mentions to her maid Essie - "Don't forget my slippers" before she starts her number on the Amsterdam Roof.
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Will we never get to page two?
Was there any doubt?
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Good morning!
Rainy and gray here and still cool, but we're due for a big warm up tomorrow with highs in the 70s. Still not getting out of the 50s today.
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Morning, MG (not the car but Music Guy)
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CBS has an all-new lineup tonight as does NBC. LOST is new as well, so the DVR will be in full swing at 10 p.m. while I watch LOST "live" over-the-air HD.
BONES is preempted tonight (darn!), so my TV watching won't start until 9. I'll probably watch THE QUEEN DVD in the meantime.
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Will we ever forget the Prince and the PoPo?
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I will definitely get to both THE SOPRANOS and ENTOURAGE today. As for a DVD for the afternoon, looks like maybe MADAME BOVARY. I'd say it would be one of the new Doris Day DVDs, but mine didn't come yesterday as expected. In fact, my mail didn't get delivered until after 6 p.m., an all-time record for late delivery.
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Hi Ben..... are you already down at your illustrious foundation/grant place? Or is that even what it is??
Hi DR Laura ... how is your new thudding cast-iron bathtub??
And, how is your lesbian? I wonder if all of the current DRs here know about the scandal and "wondering" about you and Sandra that time that you guys were out of town together somewhere??
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers.
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I'll probably watch THE QUEEN DVD in the meantime.
I though this didn't street until 24-April? >:(
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And, how is your lesbian?
EVERYONE ought to have a lesbian!
:)
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DR FJL, how could you forget about Katherine Hepburn as Popo Channel?
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Wednesday morning greetings! Soon I have to go upstairs and host a networking brownbag lunch for nonprofit folks. Our speaker today is a PR person from P & G Pet Care, who is scheduled to talk about corporate/nonprofit partnerships. He told me yesterday that he's also prepared to answer questions about the recent pet food recalls. I was afraid he'd have to cancel his appearance here, but he said he's looking forward to talking about something else for a while.
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Well, since I mentioned that I had to locate and mark 2 vertical studs in my wall yesterday.....
I thought I'd beat the others to it, and post my own picture of "2 vertical studs". These 2 painted my house a few years ago.....it was such a chore to have to keep taking them cold water.... snacks...paper towels....cold lobster salad.....
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Yes, MG, I'm at the
Foundation Center (http://foundationcenter.org/)
right now. I'm working on the Fannie Mae Foundation's grant list for 2006.
You may all wake up now, nap time is over :D
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Well, since I mentioned that I had to locate and mark 2 vertical studs in my wall yesterday.....
I thought I'd beat the others to it, and post my own picture of "2 vertical studs". These 2 painted my house a few years ago.....it was such a chore to have to keep taking them cold water.... snacks...paper towels....cold lobster salad.....
Careful, MG, that kind of talk could make Barnum and/or Jose jealous ;)
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Abs in the what make the heart grow fonder?
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And, some days it would get so hot outside, that they would have to be unseemly and actually cast off part of their painting costumes.....
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DR TCB, yes last night was the results show for dancing with the stars. But when i posted it was just the middle of the show. And they had not announced he was eliminated.
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And then there's that Popo Taylor blues hit "My Vertical Stud's Not So Vertical Anymore".
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And, some days it would get so hot outside, that they would have to be unseemly and actually cast off part of their painting costumes.....
Posing, just as they should, near their Greek columns...
:)
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Careful, MG, that kind of talk could make Barnum and/or Jose jealous ;)
Not to worry dear Ben.... I think that dear Mike and sultry Jose both know that they are irreplaceable and incomparable as far as I'm concerned. And I get to see each of them, and sup and chat and laugh and laugh and hug....one in April and the other in June.
Well, huzzah for me!
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DR elmore3003, thanks for reminding me - I had forgotten that Brent Barrett had recorded The Skin of Our Teeth.
Glad to see that you are back safely and out and about.
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And, some days it would get so hot outside, that they would have to be unseemly and actually cast off part of their painting costumes.....
And how much did they make you beg?
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And I get to see each of them, and sup and chat and laugh and laugh and hug
A veritable DR MusicGuy sandwich...
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And the title of your previous documentary on DVD would be...?
Here it is:
http://firstrunfeatures.com/internationaledvd.html
although probably cheaper on DeepDiscountDVD!
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DR elmore3003, thanks for reminding me - I had forgotten that Brent Barrett had recorded what has become the title song.
Glad to see that you are back safely and out and about.
You're welcome and thank you. I'm happy to be back!
DR Ginny, where did you get a June 28 return date? I'm waiting for my brothers' vacation schedules to establish a date to return and clean out dad's gouse. It was way too cold last week.
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DR EDISAURUS is a business partner of Mr Brad Pitt! The magazine is yours to keep - no need to return it.
Thanks, DR JRand56! That's very kind of you!
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Thanks very much, DR Edisaurus! Must look into this... :)
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I though this didn't street until 24-April? >:(
It doesn't. It's a review copy.
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Guess I'll head downstairs now and start the search for something to prepare for lunch.
WBBL.
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I think my house needs painting.
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It's a review copy.
Ah! The ole' inside track!
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I am really looking forward to tonight's new episodes of LOST and MEDIUM.
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Isn't absinthe reputed to be an aphrodisiac?
Maybe THAT explains today's posts...
;)
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I can't believe tonight's IDOL is 1 hour. Yuck. I hate when they stretch these things. I'll probably just tape it and ff through the boring parts. Or maybe just watch the last half.
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I was perusing IBDb.com (http://www.ibdb.com/) and noticed that on this day (April 11) in 2000, the play "Copenhagen (http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?id=12519)," written by Michael Frayn, had its official Broadway opening!
BK, I'm sure that this has been asked before, but what was it like recording that show? Other than the lack of music, how was it recording spoken dialog? Any fun or dramatic or gossipy stories you can share??
It was a dreamy experience - we all just came together, did the work, and went home. The director and I really bonded, and Philip Bosco was wild and wooly during lunch. I would have done more plays, but, you know...
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As for Ask BK Day...
If you could ask each of the following, one question about one of their shows, what would that question be.... and why?
Stephen Sondheim
John Kander & Fred Ebb
Jule Styne
Jerry Herman
Stephen Sondheim: What did you say to Jule Styne when you found out You'll Never Get Away From Me was a trunk song from Ruggles of Red Gap?
Kander & Ebb: What was your reaction when Mr. Fosse told you he was cutting all the book songs from the film of Cabaret? And, what was your reaction to the songwriter characters when you saw All That Jazz?
Jule Styne: What did you say to Mr. Sondheim when you came in and heard how he'd taken your material and done Rose's Turn (assuming that story is not an urban legend)?
Jerry Herman: What did you say to the record producer at the Hello, Dolly! revival CD recording session about Miss Carol Channing's behavior? (Oh, I know the answer!)
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Of course they did because she was taller than Astaire when wearing heels. MGM was smart to cover that point in the script when Miller mentions to her maid Essie - "Don't forget my slippers" before she starts her number on the Amsterdam Roof.
Miller herself stated that when she auditioned for the role she told Astaire she'd gladly wear ballet slippers while dancing with him if she got the part.
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And the word of the day is: MACEDOINE!
Oh, yes.
Philip of Macedoine was the father of Alexander the Great.
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Todaay's ShowBiz funny:
der Brucer
Nothing like a little widescreen to get our attention!
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Hi DR Laura ... how is your new thudding cast-iron bathtub??
And, how is your lesbian? I wonder if all of the current DRs here know about the scandal and "wondering" about you and Sandra that time that you guys were out of town together somewhere??
The thing in Palm Springs? I mentioned it here not too long ago.
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Oops...looks like Der Brucer is going to "re-size" that funny pic.
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Today's ShowBix funny:
der Brucer
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TOD:
In honor of the completion of your new book, BK, would you tell us all what prompted your foray into fiction and perhaps compare your fiction-writing experience with your other talents?
Back in the 80s on one of my many NY sojourns I was in the Mysterious Bookshop and saw that my pal Dick Lochte had written a mystery called Sleeping Dog. I never even knew he was working on such a thing (he'd been a theater critic for LA Magazine, and occasional script writer, and did occasional stuff for the Book Review section of the LA Times). I bought it and read it (a great book) and I was really impressed. Now, I'd been thinking about writing some sort of novel - I wasn't sure what at that point, but I knew it would be a mystery or, as I was thinking then, something about me as a kid (maybe a mystery, too, with the fictional me having to solve a crime).
But, I was too chicken to do it (new territory and all - very scary). I'd think about it every year, but in the end, nope. After reading Dick's book I thought, holy moley on rye, this guy who'd never done it before, did it, and it's really good.
I then thought about it every year, once a year, until the beginning of the year 2001. That was the year I said, "You know, you've never been chicken about anything in your whole life, so either do it or never think about it again. The next day, I began to think about a story about my childhood growing up in LA. Three months later, after writing down many anecdotes I wanted to talk about, I dove in and began writing. I gave the first chapter (which became the prologue) to my friend Margaret, and she LOVED it, and encouraged me to keep going. And I did. That book took a little over nine months to write (2001 being a year of great turmoil), but, in the end, I did it - a lot of the thanks go to Margaret, who was so positive and wonderful about the book.
I learned several things about how best to use my time when writing, all of which have served me well on the subsequent books.
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Oops...looks like Der Brucer is going to "re-size" that funny pic.
'Twas a teensy bit large - worthy of Norma Desmond!
der Brucer
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Oh, and I'm up. In a little while I'll go over to Staples, but first I must de-groggify. Looks like a pretty day outside.
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My allergies have been annoying this week.
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Will we never get to page four?
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So it is written, so it shall be done - page four!
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I think my house needs painting.
Me too. Unfortunately, I did it myself.
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Mr. Riedel, from the New York Post, has an informative column today about a group of hedge fund managers who want to be Broadway producers (did they see The Producers too many times?) and the tsuris it has caused the production team and the talent involved.
Cat (http://www.nypost.com/seven/04112007/entertainment/theater/the_roof_caves_in_theater_michael_riedel.htm)
All I can say is "Beyonce???"
Is Karl Rove trying Broadway?
der Brucer
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And, some days it would get so hot outside, that they would have to be unseemly and actually cast off part of their painting costumes.....
Maybe you should do a Calendar
SUNSHINE STUDS
der Brucer
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The radio station is playing "Fish heads, fish heads..."
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Last Night's "Idol":
It always amazes me at the snits the judges can get into when a poorly selected "theme" for the week results in blah song choices and performances.
Not one person among the 8 competitors is Latin, has any Latin singing experience.
To my knowledge, few major recording artists, outside of Latin ones, do Latin songs.
So....GET A CLUE!
Uniformly dull night. NO ONE impressed me. But then, there wasn't any one performance that was more dreadful than the rest.
Anyone COULD go tonight....but I suspect it will be Haley or Phil.
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I am really looking forward to tonight's new episodes of LOST and MEDIUM.
Me, too!
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I can't believe tonight's IDOL is 1 hour. Yuck. I hate when they stretch these things. I'll probably just tape it and ff through the boring parts. Or maybe just watch the last half.
ME, TOO!
:)
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I would have finished yesterday, but whilst cutting out a piece of drywall in a "hollow" section of wall, directly between 2 vertical studs (OK TCB, Tom Oz, derBrucer, et.al. it's all your's), I encountered a sneaky diagonal brace running across the hole at a 45 degree angle. So this morning a friend is stopping by with the needed type of power saw to remove this offending bit of wood. Oh yes, I am offended at this time!
Maybe the brace is there for a reason?
Removing braces sometimes yields interesting results.
Removing yours would answer the nagging question:
Jockeys or Boxers?
der Brucer
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Posing, just as they should, near their Greek columns...
:)
And dontcha just love Greek columns ::)
der Brucer
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Back from Staples. Guess what? The velo-bind machine has been fixed since Monday - no prob at all. The guy last night lied and just couldn't be bothered to do the job (he basically said he was backed up in a major way). I'll have my copies by two.
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And dontcha just love Greek columns
Two Grecian Urns...
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Last night's "House":
Very disappointing story line....for me. The buildup was good...but the denouement just sucked.
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Last Night's "Idol":
...
Uniformly dull night. NO ONE impressed me. But then, there wasn't any one performance that was more dreadful than the rest.
There's just nothing like a totally BORING reality show!
Maybe it was device to make sure Sanjaya didn't stand out!
A Fountainhead conspiracy to make all talent equal!
der Brucer
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Back in the 80s on one of my many NY sojourns I was in the Mysterious Bookshop and saw that my pal Dick Lochte had written a mystery called Sleeping Dog. I never even knew he was working on such a thing (he'd been a theater critic for LA Magazine, and occasional script writer, and did occasional stuff for the Book Review section of the LA Times). I bought it and read it (a great book) and I was really impressed. Now, I'd been thinking about writing some sort of novel - I wasn't sure what at that point, but I knew it would be a mystery or, as I was thinking then, something about me as a kid (maybe a mystery, too, with the fictional me having to solve a crime).
But, I was too chicken to do it (new territory and all - very scary). I'd think about it every year, but in the end, nope. After reading Dick's book I thought, holy moley on rye, this guy who'd never done it before, did it, and it's really good.
I then thought about it every year, once a year, until the beginning of the year 2001. That was the year I said, "You know, you've never been chicken about anything in your whole life, so either do it or never think about it again. The next day, I began to think about a story about my childhood growing up in LA. Three months later, after writing down many anecdotes I wanted to talk about, I dove in and began writing. I gave the first chapter (which became the prologue) to my friend Margaret, and she LOVED it, and encouraged me to keep going. And I did. That book took a little over nine months to write (2001 being a year of great turmoil), but, in the end, I did it - a lot of the thanks go to Margaret, who was so positive and wonderful about the book.
I learned several things about how best to use my time when writing, all of which have served me well on the subsequent books.
Thanks, Bruce. "Chicken" is a not a word I've ever associated with you.
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The guy last night lied and just couldn't be bothered to do the job
He should be strung up by his thumbs, and given a dishonorable mention in the book's acknowledgements...
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Hmmm.....I have very mixed feelings about a black version of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.....
I think it could have worked with the selected cast - as long as they didn't try to "play Black". The black "Dolly" worked.
That said, would anyone ever attempt an all white Porgy and Bess?
der Brucer
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That said, would anyone ever attempt an all white Porgy and Bess?
I don't know that they could...I think the estate controls that pretty carefully.
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Last night's "House":
Very disappointing story line....for me. The buildup was good...but the denouement just sucked.
It could have been worse - the Airplane events could have ended up a "Snowball Event".
der Brucer
(as in St. Elsewhere)
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I don't know that they could...I think the estate controls that pretty carefully.
New TV - "Porgy and Bess - You're the One That We Want"
der Brucer
Now that is scary!
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Has anybody heard anything about the new show on FOX called DRIVE? It starts on sunday (although it is on in canada this friday).
I can't tell if it is part reality show or what?
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We're still on page four?
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...or a "Shower Event."
(as in Dallas)
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What happens if Fritz gets in the shower, but JR is already in there?
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The radio station played a portion of Sanjaya singing Besame Mucho, and I liked what I heard.
An idol doesn't necessarily equal talent. An idol is marketed to the young girls (or boys). I have never watched American Idol (except for a Youtube clip once or twice), but doesn't that fit Sanjaya?
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I have just emailed the head office telling them to cancel my room at the hotel because I have made a reservation of my own elsewhere.
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He should be stung up by his thumbs, and given a dishonorable mention in the book's acknowledgements...
As Lorenz Hart wrote:
Did you ever get stung where the doctor can't help you?
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Jule Styne: What did you say to Mr. Sondheim when you came in and heard how he'd taken your material and done Rose's Turn (assuming that story is not an urban legend)?
I remember reading a fairly lengthy and detailed account of that late night work session where Mr. S. and Jerome Robbins supposedly created "Rose's Turn."
But where...WHERE did I read that? Was in the Secrest biography, or what?
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As Lorenz Hart wrote:
Spoo! Thanks; I have fixed the offending post. But the error remains preserved in your quote! :)
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I have just emailed the head office
Meanwhile...the hand office and the foot office remain blithely unaware.
:)
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That shall be the name of my autobiography...
Singdaw in Singapore...Blithely Unaware.
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I think my house needs painting.
And that, dear readers, is definitely a euphymism !! I may have to "scrape and prep" you dear MB, before we paint you!
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Has anybody heard anything about the new show on FOX called DRIVE? It starts on sunday (although it is on in canada this friday).
I can't tell if it is part reality show or what?
DRIVE (http://www.fox.com/drive/showinfo/)
The next time you’re cut off by crazed drivers on your way to work, give them a little slack. They could be racing for their lives.
DRIVE is an action-fueled drama following a diverse group of Americans competing for their lives (or the lives of their loved ones) in an illegal, underground cross-country road race. Some of them have been coerced into joining “The Race”; others have sought out The Race themselves, hearing rumors of the $32-million prize. Each has a reason to compete. And each must win.
ALEX TULLY (Nathan Fillion, “Firefly,” “Slither”) is thrust into The Race in an effort to find his missing wife. New mother WENDY PATRAKAS (Melanie Lynskey) is on the run from her husband and competing for the safety of her newborn baby – or possibly something much more extraordinary. JOHN TRIMBLE (Dylan Baker) is a buttoned-down scientist who embraces The Race as the last chance to show his rebellious 15-year-old daughter VIOLET (Emma Stone) that he can be spontaneous. WINSTON SALAZAR (Kevin Alejandro) views The Race as an opportunity to leave his criminal past behind and bond with SEAN (J.D. Pardo), the half-brother he has only just met. Hurricane Katrina survivors IVY CHITTY (Taryn Manning, “Hustle & Flow”), LEIGH BARNTHOUSE (Rochelle Aytes) and SUSAN CHAMBLEE (Michael Hyatt) are determined to start their lives over and help rebuild their fallen city with The Race’s winnings. ELLIE HOWE (Mircea Monroe) sees The Race as an opportunity to keep her boyfriend, military specialist ROB LAIRD (Riley Smith), from being sent back to Iraq. And CORINNA WILES (Kristin Lehman), who becomes an uneasy partner with Alex, is a gorgeous and mysterious stowaway who may well hold the key to the secrets of “The Race” and its mysterious benefactors.
Although MR. BRIGHT (Charles Martin Smith), The Race liaison, has informed them that there are other competitors, the group does not know exactly whom they’re racing against, or even where the finish line is. With each mile clocked, the drivers get closer – not only to the end of the road and a critical, life-changing victory, but to understanding the mystery behind The Race itself.
der Brucer
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Happiness is a box of CDs posted day before yesterday in Sherman Oaks, California.
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I remember reading a fairly lengthy and detailed account of that late night work session where Mr. S. and Jerome Robbins supposedly created "Rose's Turn."
But where...WHERE did I read that? Was in the Secrest biography, or what?
Well, it might have been either that or the S&M rumors!
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That shall be the name of my autobiography...
Singdaw in Singapore...Blithely Unaware.
Or perhaps: Naomi in Natucket...Ready and Willing
(Fred would have fun writing lyrics for the musicalization!)
der Brucer
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DRIVE (http://www.fox.com/drive/showinfo/)der Brucer
I love that Fillion's parenthetical credits are for "Firefly" and "Slither". He's probably known to a wider audience as Caleb from the last season of "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer."
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An idol doesn't necessarily equal talent. An idol is marketed to the young girls (or boys). I have never watched American Idol (except for a Youtube clip once or twice), but doesn't that fit Sanjaya?
Not quite. The target demographic is Concert Ticket Buyers and CD buyers - older teens and young adults. Sanjaya's main fan base seems to be barely pubescent girls.
It's not that he is so God-awful, it's just that he's not really great! An Idol needs to be more than warm and comfy - he needs to knock your sox off!
der Brucer
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Happiness is a box of CDs
And all this time, I thought it was five different crayons...
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Well, it might have been either that or the S&M rumors!
Sondheim and Midler?
der Brucer
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Or perhaps: Naomi in Natucket...Ready and Willing
(Fred would have fun writing lyrics for the musicalization!)
:o :o
;D
Ah, yes, but who to cast in the lead role? Hmmmmm........
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Sondheim and Midler?
der Brucer
Oy! Sondheim and Merman.
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Der Brucer - I'd have fun, but I don't know if anyone else would have fun reading them
There once was a boy named Naomi
Who shaved with some cream oh so foamy
His housemate would moan
As he sat on the throne
Hey while you're right here won't you (CENSORED)
Almost forgot, it's a family site!!!!!
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Sondheim and Merman.
Aren't they a pair?
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Der Brucer - I'd have fun, but I don't know if anyone else would have fun reading them
I'm in love with a girl named Fred...
;D
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Our two o'clock meeting is now officially late. (And we were afraid she'd arrive early.)
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Oh, there's the intercom.
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Oh, it must be Ms. Bzzzzz........
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(an arcane Merrily reference)
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And all this time, I thought it was five different crayons...
Five! Where did you go to Kindergarten - Mr. Fagin's?
Even the poor folk get:
(http://www.crayolastore.com/imagesEdp/p36762z.jpg)
Kids in Westchester NY and Studio City CA get:
(http://www.crayolastore.com/imagesEdp/p36763z.jpg)
Kids in Arizona make their own from deer fat and berries.
der Brucer
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DR Jose, I know I said this a long time ago, but once again it is so much fun to read your posts and see how things just keep getting better and more exciting for you every day. Wow....and I know you ;)
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Aren't they a pair?
Well, Midler has a pair!
der Brucer
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Wow....and I know you ;)
Careful...Biblical connotations!
der Brucer
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Don't I.
Know you.
Mister?
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Der Brucer - I'd have fun, but I don't know if anyone else would have fun reading them
There once was a boy named Naomi
Who shaved with some cream oh so foamy
His housemate would moan
As he sat on the throne
Hey while you're right here won't you (CENSORED)
Almost forgot, it's a family site!!!!!
God your easy to pitch to!
Didn't you write a song called "Do Me" for Gays and Dolls?
der Brucer
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You're welcome and thank you. I'm happy to be back!
DR Ginny, where did you get a June 28 return date? I'm waiting for my brothers' vacation schedules to establish a date to return and clean out dad's gouse. It was way too cold last week.
DR Elmore - June 28 is the day DH Richard and I will arrive in New York for our long weekend after being in Washington, DC, for the American Library Association conference. I hope that's not when you're next in Ohio - we're looking forward to playing with you in NYC!
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Actually, DR der Brucer, I was trying to reference "Happiness" from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown.
But I like your pretty pictures anyway!
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I love that Fillion's parenthetical credits are for "Firefly" and "Slither". He's probably known to a wider audience as Caleb from the last season of "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer."
I like Fillions IMDB quote about playing Caleb:
My favorite villains are the ones you don't see coming. What I enjoyed about playing Caleb was that he was so very, very clever, so very, very sweet, and so very, very twisted. I liked that he's not a typical villain. He's soft and sweet and righteous, and yet he's perverted and twisted in his head.
Is he talking about producers?
der Brucer
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I'm in love with a girl named Fred...
;D
But she ended up with mop and pail!
der Brucer
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But she ended up with mop and pail!
Gee...maybe she knows She of the Evil Eye?
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ALL DUKE RAPE CHARGES DROPPED!
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Shortly I will be headed to a board meeting.
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Our meeting is over. Now back to taxes!
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Are any of the Los Angeles area HHWers planning to attend any of the Film Noir screenings at The Egyptian theater later this month?
I do believe I will go to see THE KILLING/SLEEPING CITY double feature which will have actress Colleen Gray in attendance for a Q and A on Wednesday April 25.
Unfortunately the movies that I really want to see are all playing the week prior to my arrival in Tinsletown.
I shall pre-purchase my ticket in case it gets sold out.
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I have yet to find any live theater that I want to attend during my visit, mainly because most everthing only plays Friday and Saturdays and those two days will find me wandering around the ballroom of the Burbank Marriott chatting up people like Erik Estrada, Henry Winkler, and Traci Lords.
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In my current shape, this girl named Fred is more "pop and fresh" than "mop and pail" (a Pillsbury doughboy reference)
What actor was it about whom a critic said he was "more Pillsbury than Bloomsberry?"
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Some discussion at AndrewSullivan about this:
(http://www.impawards.com/1970/posters/trog.jpg)
Have I missed a classic?
der Brucer
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An old old joke:
How is a drag queen's dress like a cheap hotel?
No ballroom
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Afternoon greetings everyone!
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I have had a full day at work.
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ALL DUKE RAPE CHARGES DROPPED!
The Duchess will be pleased. 8)
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Raining all day today here....so I have not done my usual Wednesday gadding about town.
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And I cannot get my doctor to call me back about my cholesterol.
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I would like to gad about town.
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I walked to Subway earlier to get lunch. Does that count as gadding?
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Was watching a special on NGEO about preparations for a state dinner at Windsor Palace.
Prince Phillip seems to be something of a twit....and HRH while making some inspections said "Okay" and "Yeah, sure...." Very informal with her staff, but certainly (as one said) "Wants it in front of her when she wants it...."
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And I cannot get my doctor to call me back about my cholesterol.
Give him a choice of subjects! :D
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I walked to Subway earlier to get lunch. Does that count as gadding?
Of course! ;D
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TOP DESIGN limps to its conclusion tonight - I don't think I will watch the premiere episode of the Hair Design show that follows.
Very disappointed in the final two contestants and would have been MUCH happier with the OTHER distaff contestant that was sent home last week. I do NOT like Carissa and think she has shown NO design savvy or talent. Hopefully she will crash and burn tonight.
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Well, since I mentioned that I had to locate and mark 2 vertical studs in my wall yesterday.....
I thought I'd beat the others to it, and post my own picture of "2 vertical studs". These 2 painted my house a few years ago.....it was such a chore to have to keep taking them cold water.... snacks...paper towels....cold lobster salad.....
Well, perhaps one vertical stud and a chicken little.
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I can't believe tonight's IDOL is 1 hour. Yuck. I hate when they stretch these things. I'll probably just tape it and ff through the boring parts. Or maybe just watch the last half.
If I'm not mistaken, we've seen the last of the half hour results shows. They're going to be long for the rest of the season.
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Has anybody heard anything about the new show on FOX called DRIVE? It starts on sunday (although it is on in canada this friday).
I can't tell if it is part reality show or what?
It is definitely NOT a reality show.
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Will we never get to page four?
We did!
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I finished listening to the rest of the EASTER PARADE commentary while I fixed lunch. Both Fricke and Ms. Astaire-Makenzie read excerpts from reviews of the time of EASTER PARADE. That slowed things down to a crawl. The rest was entertaining.
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DRIVE is indeed a fictional series.
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An hour-long results show for AI is about 55 minutes too much!
DRJOSE has mentioned GREASE auditions....are these the auditions for that big HIT revival that is opening soon on Broadway with Max Crumm?
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Next, I watched last night's BOSTON LEGAL. Fun show though the trial Alan was a part of was a joke. One of the least convincing wins for him ever.
I didn't know Clarence had a different male alter ego. We'd only met the female ones.
I really liked Mark Valley's meltdown in the partners' board room. It was his best scene of the entire season.
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ENTOURAGE had its first episode of the second half of the season, and it was pretty fun with Vince's birthday celebration. Just love Ari Gold trying to weasel his way back into Vince's favor.
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THE SOPRANOS season opener also featured a birthday celebration - Tony's 47th. Pretty intense stuff between Tony and Bobby, and that was one blundering murder from my point of view.
As usual, I can't stand A.J.
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Has anybody heard anything about the new show on FOX called DRIVE? It starts on sunday (although it is on in canada this friday).
I can't tell if it is part reality show or what?
No, it is a dramatic show starring the incredibly handsome okay, nice looking, Nathan Fillian.
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I finished out the afternoon with DR. KILDARE'S CRISIS. I have never seen any of the Dr. Kildare/MGM series films with Lew Ayres though I've read about them for years and knew the characters before I ever saw this today. This would have served as a mediocre episode of the hour TV show stretched out to 75 minutes for this movie. Lionel Barrymore overacted like crazy; Ayres and Laraine Day were fine as Jimmy and Mary. Also a pleasure to see Nat Pendleton. In this film, Mary's brother was played by Robert Young, a future doctor himself, at least on TV.
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No, it is a dramatic show starring the incredibly handsome okay, nice looking, Nathan Fillian.
And the incredibly handsome Nathan was in the IDOL audience last night with the rest of the cast of the show.
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MattH, did you pick up the new release of the early Jeff Richards film KILL THE UMPIRE? I have yet to find a copy (it is a double bill with SAFE AT HOME) in my area.
I am thinking that Jeff Richards in a baseball uniform will be quite nice...and Jeff Richards in a locker room scene will be even nicer.
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I have yet to find any live theater that I want to attend during my visit, mainly because most everthing only plays Friday and Saturdays and those two days will find me wandering around the ballroom of the Burbank Marriott chatting up people like Erik Estrada, Henry Winkler, and Traci Lords.
I thought the Court show closed at 5:00 or 6:00. Or are you planning some after-hour events with Mr. Estrada, Mr. Winkler, or Ms. Lords?
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To beat a dead horse, i almost forgot to mention one of my favorite (and I guess the most obvious) Kander & Ebb "PoPo" songs:
MusicGuy just pats 'em all
Underneath the mirrored ball
And the neon sign keeps flashing: PoPo's
Popo's not around today
But still it's PoPo's anyway
He left that in his popolicious will
(you can just fill in the rest if you're inclined :) )
Soon to be Sucessful Broadway writer, Bob Merrill really did write a Popo song - for Guy Mitchell
"Feet Up pat him on the PO-PO"
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EVERYONE ought to have a lesbian!
:)
I have a lesbian...my best friend Margo! ;D
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And the word of the day is: MACEDOINE!
Knowing she would refuse to take her medicine in a straightforward way, Mr. Kettle slipped MA CODEINE in a MACEDOINE of cucumbers, kumquats and crab apple.
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Hello. I can't stay-hope I haven't missed any important news and all is well. I still have tons to do before I leave Friday morning, and no time to do it.
Sherlock is recovering & handling the change in his anatomy well. He just needs constant watching again.
I most likely won't be posting again until Tuesday. Have a great weekend.
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I think my house needs painting.
WHY DID I BUY A CONDO?? Of course, if they paint inside, the heat has to be turned up so that the paint will dry faster...which means the painters must wear less clothes to keep cool. ;)
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It was a dreamy experience - we all just came together, did the work, and went home. The director and I really bonded, and Philip Bosco was wild and wooly during lunch. I would have done more plays, but, you know...
BK, do you have any interest in recording plays on Kritzerland?
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I have had an interesting day.
At about eight-thirty, der Brucer and I were awakened by a telephone call, which our answering machine picked up. "Hello, Stephen? It's Danielle. Can you come in to work today? Give us a call as soon as you can."
"You'd better get that," der B suggested.
I called, and found that our cart wrangler, Andre, had called out. Sure, I'd be glad to come in and help. I told Danielle that I'd be there as quick as I could.
I quickly showered and dressed, and was at the store by nine. That was when we found that Andre had not called out, but had called to say that he would be late. There had been a jumble of communications. Someone else had called out.
That someone was Fran, who works in the produce department. He had the flu, leaving Jack, the produce manager, without an assistant and a large stack of orders to place. Would Jack like someone to help? He most certainly would!
So I spent my day moving produce from our refrigerated stock room out onto the floor, and into their appropriate bins. In the process, I got to help customers with their questions ("Where are your prunes?" "What is arrugula?" "Aren't the strawberries still on sale for $1.49 a pound?" "Are you completely out of limes?" Aisle four, on the left. It's a spicy and bitter herb that is used in salads. I'm so sorry, that sale ended on Sunday, and yes, they are delicious. Yes, I'm afraid that we are out of the regular limes, but we have the smaller Key limes in these bags, if you're willing to substitute.) and survived a few jokes from both co-workers and regular customers who were surprised to find me away from the registers.
I also discovered that I do not like blueberries. The flimsy little plastic jewel boxes that they are sold in tend to slip when stacked, and before you can say "oops" I'm on my knees trying to pick up the rolling, bouncing critters before anyone steps on them.
However, Jack was appreciative that I didn't require a lot of supervision, letting him tend to his ordering.
My back may ache tomorrow, of course, since I've been using a few muscles in ways they normally don't get used, but it was worth it.
And that's how my day at work was spent.
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Hello all........
.............my neck is feeling peculiar and "cricky" and I don't like it at all.......
......................I'm trying to decide if i should vomit on the ground.....
....maybe I will just go attend to a couple of errands.
G'Bye all...................
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I have had an interesting day.
So I spent my day moving produce from our refrigerated stock room out onto the floor, and into their appropriate bins. In the process, I got to help customers with their questions ("Where are your prunes?" "What is arrugula?" "Aren't the strawberries still on sale for $1.49 a pound?" "Are you completely out of limes?" Aisle four, on the left. It's a spicy and bitter herb that is used in salads. I'm so sorry, that sale ended on Sunday, and yes, they are delicious. Yes, I'm afraid that we are out of the regular limes, but we have the smaller Key limes in these bags, if you're willing to substitute.) and survived a few jokes from both co-workers and regular customers who were surprised to find me away from the registers.
And was it your co-workers or your regular customers who were most surprised to find you around the fruit?
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...I would have finished yesterday, but whilst cutting out a piece of drywall in a "hollow" section of wall, directly between 2 vertical studs (OK TCB, Tom Oz, derBrucer, et.al. it's all your's), I encountered a sneaky diagonal brace running across the hole at a 45 degree angle....None of this, of course, is anything as exciting as having a lesbian with a tool belt move your electrical outlet....
Ah, but having a lesbian with a toolbelt working in between two vertical studs! Now THAT could get interesting!
;D
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And was it your co-workers or your regular customers who were most surprised to find you around the fruit?
Well, now, let's see...
One of our most senior cashiers, Mike, has a partner named Dennis.
One of our front-end managers, Larry, has a partner named David.
On the other hand, one of the other workers in produce, also named Larry (who wasn't in today), doesn't have a partner but if he did have a partner said partner would be named Dennis or David or some other name like that.
Including myself, most of the fruit is working at the checkout registers and not in produce, three to one.
::)
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MattH, did you pick up the new release of the early Jeff Richards film KILL THE UMPIRE? I have yet to find a copy (it is a double bill with SAFE AT HOME) in my area.
I am thinking that Jeff Richards in a baseball uniform will be quite nice...and Jeff Richards in a locker room scene will be even nicer.
How about Jeff Richards with B.O. and athlete's foot?
:D
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CBS has an all-new lineup tonight as does NBC. LOST is new as well, so the DVR will be in full swing at 10 p.m. while I watch LOST "live" over-the-air HD.
BONES is preempted tonight (darn!), so my TV watching won't start until 9. I'll probably watch THE QUEEN DVD in the meantime.
And Good Eats has a new episode as well! This one is about Spinach Salad!
And Good Eats has been awarded a Peabody Award this year!
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MattH, did you pick up the new release of the early Jeff Richards film KILL THE UMPIRE? I have yet to find a copy (it is a double bill with SAFE AT HOME) in my area.
I am thinking that Jeff Richards in a baseball uniform will be quite nice...and Jeff Richards in a locker room scene will be even nicer.
I saw the review for this double feature and only read the SAFE AT HOME part because I actually saw that as a kid at the drive-in with my folks.
I'll check out what the review says about KILL THE UMNPIRE; I diddn't even know Jeff was in it! Thanks for the alert!
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I will definitely get to both THE SOPRANOS and ENTOURAGE today. As for a DVD for the afternoon, looks like maybe MADAME BOVARY. I'd say it would be one of the new Doris Day DVDs, but mine didn't come yesterday as expected. In fact, my mail didn't get delivered until after 6 p.m., an all-time record for late delivery.
Doris Day as Madame Bovary?
Maybe if they did it as a musical.
(singing)
Que Sera, Sera
Whoever will be with me?
Will he stay just once, or three?
Que Sera, Sera
I won't charge a fee.
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The DOris Day set did come in today's mail, but I've settled on watching Helen Mirren's Oscar-winning performance tonight.
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I'm going to head downstairs now to clean the den and then get to watching stuff.
WBBL.
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I think my house needs painting.
I know a housepainter who more closely follows your age requirements!
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...The guy last night lied and just couldn't be bothered to do the job (he basically said he was backed up in a major way). ...
Constipation is no excuse. :P
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I thought the Court show closed at 5:00 or 6:00. Or are you planning some after-hour events with Mr. Estrada, Mr. Winkler, or Ms. Lords?
You never know!
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I saw the review for this double feature and only read the SAFE AT HOME part because I actually saw that as a kid at the drive-in with my folks.
I'll check out what the review says about KILL THE UMNPIRE; I diddn't even know Jeff was in it! Thanks for the alert!
Yes, Jeff Richards and Gloria Henry are the romantic leads. I don't expect it is a great movie, but Jeff Richards certainly will make it worthwhile.
PS: Gloria Henry said that she really enjoyed working with Jeff and was shocked at how he ended up (a drunk).
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Local coverage of All About Us here (http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/features/scn-sa-eartha1apr08,0,4688951,print.story). [Not a review]
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And, some days it would get so hot outside, that they would have to be unseemly and actually cast off part of their painting costumes.....
Can I have them when you're done? We need a lot of painting at the new casa...
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Back from rehearsal (just basically a work-through with our new pianist - very rough going, but I think he'll now go do what he has to do and get it in his head and fingers - he's talented), then a visit to Vitello's, then lunch, then picked up the printout of the book (hefty in manuscript), and am now home. I'll package up CDs, but I won't ship until tomorrow afternoon.
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My allergies have been annoying this week.
Who have they been annoying?
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Thanks for the links DR Swingdoor. I did eventually catch up with all the Crack references! We're all HHW junkies.
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My back may ache tomorrow, of course, since I've been using a few muscles in ways they normally don't get used, but it was worth it.
Perhaps der Brucer can spill an occasional container of blueberries at home....just to keep you in "shape"!
:D
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Edisaurus - have you looked at the second list of CDs? Just want to make sure you have a chance to see it, as certain titles are now either gone or close to it.
Sold out: Peter Pan, The Burt Bacharach Album, Sondheim At The Movies, Rupert Holmes
Close: Unsung Irving Berlin, Unsung Sondheim
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Good Evening!
I Have Cookies!
Thank you, DR singdaw. *And John likes them too. :)
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Well... Second Preview starts in a bit, so...
Laters...
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Well, I am glad to say that the head office sent someone to look at the hotel, and they say it is "questionable." So they have rebooked folks at another hotel.
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Thank you
You are welcome!
Ask and you shall receive! :)
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Well, I am glad to say that the head office sent someone to look at the hotel, and they say it is "questionable." So they have rebooked folks at another hotel.
DR DearReaderLaura, housing advocate.
:)
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Our new board chair has us out of meetings in about 2.5 hours, instead of the six and seven hour meetings the previous chair conducted.
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DR Laura re: sanjaya.
The thing is the song he sang yesterday was the best he has done. The past weeks he has been quite horrible, basically a joke. So no i do not think he should be the american idol. The winner should be really good. I have not always loved the winner. BUt if sanjaya were to win i would be extremely upset!
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I Have Cookies!
Hey, Jose!
Toss some cookies OUR way.
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My goodness, this is a slow news day here at haineshisway.com. As Babs and Donna said, Enough Is Enough. Let's get some postin' goin' on.
I've started proofing - finding silly little spelling and grammar errors, and a couple of things I have to smooth out - mostly one particular description which I wrote in a certain way, without having really seen a photo of what I was describing. I now know exactly how to describe it and will redo that little section. I'm forty pages in and I'm very pleased with how it's reading.
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Will we never get to page nine?
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Good evening! I thought I'd better spend some time here tonight, because I'll be E&T tomorrow and much of Friday.
Tomorrow, I'm going to Lima (OH) Public Library to give a lunchtime presentation to their local nonprofit coalition, then on to Bluffton for a week-before-the-big-event pow-wow with the local arrangements chair for the AAUW/Ohio conference.
Friday, I'll check in here early, then take DH Richard to the local outpatient center for surgery on his left shoulder. The MRI didn't reveal a rotator cuff tear like he had 4 years ago in his right shoulder, but some arthritis that needs to be debrided. The doctor said sometimes they find tears that the MRI didn't see, but not very often. Vibes would be appreciated.
The good news is that I'm away from the downtown homeless shelter public library now until next Tuesday.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]***SURGERY VIBES***[/size][/color][/move]
for DR Ginny's DH Richard
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[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]***ADVANCE POW-WOW VIBES***[/size][/color][/move]
for DR Ginny
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April is the cruelest month...
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I almost said clewless...
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Toss some cookies
Eeewwww! :P
Is that like vomiting on the ground? :o
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Trying to help today's post total before wussburgering very shortly, but it seems almost futile against such odds.
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From today's Washington Post:
Seating in Ancient Greek Theater Found to Help the Acoustics
The Greek theater of Epidaurus has long been considered a marvel of acoustics. Over the years, people have come up with a number of explanations as to why those who sit in the back of the semicircular theater, built in the 4th century B.C., can hear performers on the stage with such clarity.
One theory was that it had to do with the wind patterns in the area, but modern actors performing on windless days sounded just as clear.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology this month showed that the secret is in . . . the seats. Nico Declercq and Cindy Dekeyser found that the seating, which is carved from limestone, creates an acoustic filter that screens out low frequency crowd noises and reflects higher frequency sounds from the stage.
In a paper in the April issue of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, the researchers said that while the filtering also suppressed part of the range of frequencies of the human voice, "the human nerve system and brain are able to reconstruct this fundamental tone by means of the available high frequency information."
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Good night and good luck.
That is all. :)
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Well, I am glad to say that the head office sent someone to look at the hotel, and they say it is "questionable." So they have rebooked folks at another hotel.
Glad to hear it, DR LAURA. I had a situation like that once. The secretary booked several of us into a motel which sounded fine from the directory she used. Unfortunately, we did NOT discover the truth until we got there. Ugh! It was cheap for a reason (several reasons, actually).
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VIBES TO DR GINNY'S DH!!
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NIT-PICKY VIBES FOR BK'S PROOF-READING!!
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BK
Have you not tried the FedEx Kinko's on Ventura and Laural Canyon. I used them when I was in town the last time. I believe they are close to you. Open 24hrs and would never turn a job away even if it means getting another location to help out.
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BK:
I will send the money for the Petula Clark CD on Friday.
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And
I finally received the Creature Wasn't Nice CD today. As I write this I am listening to I Want to Eat Your Face
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Thank you, DRs Singdaw and Jeanne, for the vibes for my DH.
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Good evening! I thought I'd better spend some time here tonight, because I'll be E&T tomorrow and much of Friday.
Tomorrow, I'm going to Lima (OH) Public Library to give a lunchtime presentation to their local nonprofit coalition, then on to Bluffton for a week-before-the-big-event pow-wow with the local arrangements chair for the AAUW/Ohio conference.
Friday, I'll check in here early, then take DH Richard to the local outpatient center for surgery on his left shoulder. The MRI didn't reveal a rotator cuff tear like he had 4 years ago in his right shoulder, but some arthritis that needs to be debrided. The doctor said sometimes they find tears that the MRI didn't see, but not very often. Vibes would be appreciated.
The good news is that I'm away from the downtown homeless shelter public library now until next Tuesday.
~~~Appropriate Vibes Each for DR Ginny and her DH Richard!!~~~
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ANOTHER BK Question:
Can you tell us a little bit more about Lisa Cutler who sings the demo of Hold Me, Touch Me, Thrill Me,
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I just noticed that the official HHW clock has been adjusted!
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THE CREATURE WASN'T NICE new page dance
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It's only a couple of minutes off and not an hour and 15 minutes off! ;D
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To DR Ginny's DH Richard!
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Thank you, DRs George and DearReaderLaura.
Laura, I'm so glad the hotel situation was resolved. After a bad experience over 20 years ago, I've never trusted anyone else, like a conference housing office, to make my lodging arrangements.
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Arrgghh! I just checked the weather forecast for Lima for tomorrow and I'll be driving in wind and rain/snow showers. It's APRIL!
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LOL, my HHW time is still an hour behind because I self adjusted it a month ago...
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ANOTHER BK Question:
Can you tell us a little bit more about Lisa Cutler who sings the demo of Hold Me, Touch Me, Thrill Me,
As I wrote here when I first heard what was on the tapes I'd sent to be mastered, I had no idea who the vocalist on the demos were, nor did I have any memory of doing the demos at all - obviously I did them, as that's me singing with her. I don't have any memory of Miss Cutler at all - either she was someone I knew and have forgotten (doubtful) or she was a friend of Mr. Spear's.
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Will we never get to page fifteen?
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Who are the big usuals who are errant and truant today? I want names.
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I watched a little bit of Bugsy Malone, but will wait until the weekend to watch the whole new special edition DVD from the UK. I watched a little of Too Many Girls, but couldn't get motivated to finish it - I will, though. I shall now attempt to watch Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us.
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BK, I asked this earlier, but you must've missed it: Do you have any interest in recording plays on Kritzerland or do you want to keep it all about music?
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Are any of the Los Angeles area HHWers planning to attend any of the Film Noir screenings at The Egyptian theater later this month?
I do believe I will go to see THE KILLING/SLEEPING CITY double feature which will have actress Colleen Gray in attendance for a Q and A on Wednesday April 25.
Unfortunately the movies that I really want to see are all playing the week prior to my arrival in Tinsletown.
I shall pre-purchase my ticket in case it gets sold out.
I do believe I heard Bruce mention these to me as "should go see if I have a chance movies", so I might just be there :)
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Unfortunatly I have already missed a few of the movies he recommended
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Still doing this humongous return. We're dealinng with another firm where the person there keeps forgetting to cc me on info he's sending and sends it only to my boss. My boss is not always at his computer, so I sometimes don't get the emails forwarded to me until several hours after the perosn from the other firm sends them to my boss. And with Tuesday being the deadline, nerves are frayed, only a little bit frayed, but frayed nonetheless.
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Vibes to Ginny and To Richard
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Good Evening!
I Have Cookies!
Thank you, DR singdaw. *And John likes them too. :)
John Kander is eating Dr singdaw's cookies??? I could just swoon!
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You are welcome!
Ask and you shall receive! :)
Really?
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FOR DR GINNY AND DH (hers, not mine) RICHARD!
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Edisaurus - have you looked at the second list of CDs? Just want to make sure you have a chance to see it, as certain titles are now either gone or close to it.
Thanks, bk. Unfortunately, I went to Amoeba and bought a bunch of documentaries after we dined with you. I was very, very bad....
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Ginny, I wish your DH the best on his surgery and may he have quick and relatively pain-free healing!
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Still doing this humongous return. We're dealinng with another firm where the person there keeps forgetting to cc me on info he's sending and sends it only to my boss. My boss is not always at his computer, so I sometimes don't get the emails forwarded to me until several hours after the perosn from the other firm sends them to my boss. And with Tuesday being the deadline, nerves are frayed, only a little bit frayed, but frayed nonetheless.
Is that Eva Perosn?
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Still doing this humongous return. We're dealinng with another firm where the person there keeps forgetting to cc me on info he's sending and sends it only to my boss. My boss is not always at his computer, so I sometimes don't get the emails forwarded to me until several hours after the perosn from the other firm sends them to my boss. And with Tuesday being the deadline, nerves are frayed, only a little bit frayed, but frayed nonetheless.
Poor FJL! I can see it has even affected your typing!
I am filing an extension. As usual...
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John Kander is eating Dr singdaw's cookies???
Is this a euphemism? ;D
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This is a fiscal year corporate return (July 31 year-end) which is actually on final extension until April 17. Many of the states involved, though, allow until May 15, so we'll be availing ourselves of that largesse for those states that are generous enough to allow that.
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The good news: LA Journal gave us a great review.
The bad news: We won't be renewed in LA.
The great news: We're opening in San Francisco at the Roxie Cinema on May 4th.
Paging Dr Ron Pulliam!
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Speaking of singdaw and cookies: Wasn't it Mrs. (Dorothy) Fields who wrote something like:
Singdaw, singdaw,
Everybody's traveling on a crazy singdaw.
Going up, down, up, down,
So, your life goes by,
Your either low or high
On the
Singdaw, singdaw,
You can dream you'll go anywhere you want to go
But that's not so...
Somehow you know,
The truth is nobody is goin' anywhere,
Nobody is gettin' anywhere...
So what if you never get anywhere?
A singdaw's a hell of a ride
One hell of a ride!
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Will we never get to page nine?
As Gary Cooper said, "Yep!"
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Will we never get to page fifteen?
Maybe.
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Page Ten Arthur Weasley Dance!!!
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I began my evening watching Stephen Frears THE QUEEN. An interesting film, very enjoyable, and, at least if the movie is to be believed, the moment when a monarch who had become insulated from her subjects learned that the world and its people had changed and had different expectations of their sovereigns. Helen Mirren was superb (her walk among the flowers at Buckingham Palace could be a master class for actors), and I was just as impressed with the jaunty Michael Sheen as Tony Blair.
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Next I watched the "making of" documentary on the DVD. Very routine stuff, but nice to see the actors out of make-up and character; that's always enjoyable, especially their expressions of nerves playing real (still living) people.
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I began listening to the first audio commentary featuring director Frears and screenwriter Peter Morgan, but Frears seemed to be there only grudgingly while Morgan did his best to engage him in conversation. Not a scintillating discussion, but I did find out why the Tony Blair scenes seemed grainy on the DVD: they were filmed in 16mm and Elizabeth's scenes in 35mm to accentuate the class difference between them!
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CROSSING JORDAN had Jordan under the knife tonight as she was operated on for a brain tumor. There was also a fairly interesting case concerning the murder of a witness to a crime and the policeman who was protecting him. OK episode, but the show has clearly lost its spark.
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Surgery vibes for DR GINNY's DH RICHARD...
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LOST had a fabulous episode as we got the backstory on Juliet. SOme other vital information was given to us about Juliet's work on the island.
spoiler
I was glad that my suspicions about her were absolutely correct.
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Congrats to DR LAURA on her improved sleeping arrangements!
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As for the eliminated person on IDOL, well, it was deserved, and the person who came in next-to-last should be soon. Of course, I'd still rather see a certain OTHER person eliminated, but that doesn't appear to be happening.
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I received my THIRD batch of KIMMEL GARAGE SALE CD's today....and they are lovely.
BUT - I must comment on one I received a couple of days ago:
TWIGGY - I purchased because I like a LOT of the songs and of course DR MBARNUM recommended it as well.
I cannot say enough about this sweet CD. And what fun singer Miss Twiggy is. BUT what I love MOST about this CD is one of Mr DR ELMORE's arrangements.
This is a song by a Hoosier writer. It is a song that I only knew from the original soundtrack of STAR! with Ms Julie Andrews. A song that was embedded into my brain....but this new arrangement and new singer made the song NEW to me all over again.
It is one of the cleverest arrangements I have ever heard, and I love the song even more.
"The Physician."
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I am happy about the outcome of TOP DESIGN....although I didn't think the other person deserved to be there in the first place.
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Don't forget my slippers.
The dialog may have covered it, but there wasn't an opportunity for her to have changed her shoes....curtains closed on one number and she stepped onstage and coaxed Fred up to dance with her. 8)
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OZ vibes for DR Ginny's DH Richard
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BK, I asked this earlier, but you must've missed it: Do you have any interest in recording plays on Kritzerland or do you want to keep it all about music?
No, I think we'll stick to music. Sadly, plays don't sell, although if the right thing came along at the right time, who knows?
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If I may be so bold - elmore did the brilliant orchestration, but I did the arrangement, and several of the musical "jokes" are pure, well, the sort of thing I love to do. Some of the little sound fx were from the bank of fx that Vinnie and I have saved over the years.
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Don't forget my slippers.
The dialog may have covered it, but there wasn't an opportunity for her to have changed her shoes....curtains closed on one number and she stepped onstage and coaxed Fred up to dance with her. 8)
It's a musical; you think too much. Besides, Essie could have been putting them on her feet out of the camera frame. Who cares?
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I have some writing to do myself, so I'm off.
Good night!
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....well...hmmmm.
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I am posting my first posts from my newfangled laptop computerized machinery...it is swell. Nice, clear screen...just need to get myself used to this smaller keyboard and the finger dohicky way of making the arrow go where you want it to go...but it sure is nice to be able to do this all from the comfort of my couch! I like that...and I can't wait to use it on my trip to LA.
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Hi all. Jhvw and I are here after driving around Sioux City, having lunch, dinner, drinks and a very good time.
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We are sitting in my livingroom. Each of us has a laptop on our respective laps, pretty funny if you think about it
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Hello everyone..sorry for my absence, have been distracted by local drama. How is everyone? Jose..I hear you're doing some great things these days. What's going on?
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There is a lot of snow at my parents' house but none here. We'll see if Jon gets there tomorrow
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I am very very sleepy. So I am going to sigm off
Night
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Will we never get to page eleven? I've proofed some more pages, found some more silly typos, added a sentence or three, and will now finish the movie I'm in the middle of.
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Urrrg, I have to stop reading a book I am engrossed in to do annoying math homework...luckily I have ben and jerrys to keep me company.
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KURT VONNEGUT
R.I.P
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/276197/1_61_vonnegut_kurt.jpg)
'SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE' AUTHOR DIES AT 84 (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265453,00.html)
der Brucer
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Just found out that "A Man Of No Importance" (the movie that is) is at last available on DVD (UK).
I'm now hoping for "Dreamchild".
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Good Evening!
Me so tired.
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DR singdaw - Thank you once again for your very generous "gift". The cookies were appreciated by one and all. And since Mr. Kander worked through the dinner break, the cookies were his pre-show and post-show snack.
*And if you happen to stop the theatre again tomorrow, I should have some cookies for you. ;)
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PAGE 11 COOKIE DANCE!!!
-Although, I'd have to say right now, that I'm even a bit too tired to even eat a cookie - believe it or not.
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DR Cillaliz - Thank you.
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DR jhvw - I've been busy, busy, busy. Gypsy auditions, 42nd Street auditions, Grease auditions, All About Us rehearsals, etc., etc., etc...
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DR Ginny - ~~~~~GOOD SURGERY VIBES TO DH RICHARD~~~~~
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DR MusicGuy - And what did you serve with the lobster salad? A nice Sancerre? Champagne? Corona Extra? Just enough Everclear to "subdue" them? ;)
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Well, I still have to type of some notes... And it turns out the audition I'm playing tomorrow is now starting at 9:30.... :-\ So...
Goodnight.
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Still only page 11?!
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Time for me to go to bed....
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goodnight
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Will we never get to page twelve?
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I must now write Ye Olde Notes.
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But first, I must make 100 posts.
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Will we never get to page twelve?
Guess not - I'm pooped.
Good Night
der Brucer
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In addition to Mr. Vonnegut, Mr. Roscoe Lee Browne has also passed away. One of my favorite actors.
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Lesson for the week "Keep Away From Runaround Sue". I wonder who was the cad who suggested that song.
It was a #13 hit for Leif Garrett in the 1970's and#1 for Dion in 1961. Ernie Maresca was a good pop writer. The pianist did deserve shooting.